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05-30-2004, 11:36 AM
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05-30-2004, 12:50 PM
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05-30-2004, 12:51 PM
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05-30-2004, 01:32 PM
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05-30-2004, 01:34 PM
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05-30-2004, 01:35 PM
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#96 | | Master of Ewes
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05-30-2004, 01:37 PM
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05-30-2004, 02:00 PM
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#98 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | oh, i got one, what if some one came up with a what if??
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05-30-2004, 02:03 PM
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05-30-2004, 02:18 PM
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Country: | What if the Channel wasn't mined, and more resources got through to the BEF in May 1940?
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05-30-2004, 02:21 PM
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#101 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | they'd still have had to have been evacuated...........
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05-30-2004, 02:42 PM
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Country: | Why do you think that? A lot of the British units didn't have any ammo for their tanks, morters or artillery. And the British were the only ones that effectively fought against the Wehrmacht.
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05-30-2004, 02:53 PM
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Country: | yes but 350,000 against the entire might of the german war machine............
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05-30-2004, 03:05 PM
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Country: | Not quite correct, it wasn't the full might of the Wehrmacht. A lot though, your numbers comment makes a good point. However as Heinz Guderian noticed in August 1914 the attacking force must have something special, a new novelty, to overcome the defensive force, even if it is a lower number.
Plus, the British holding on might have encouraged the French to hold on.
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05-30-2004, 11:09 PM
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| The French were in a postion technologically to hold one. They were totally outclassed. And as much as you will not want to here this, at the time I still don't think the RAF was a match for the Luftwaffe. Many of the advantages that turned the Battle of Britain (radar, fighting over home territory, etc.) weren't so available over the Low Countries and France. Even if more supplies got through to the BEF, the Luftwaffe still makes the difference.
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